Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 442: Xiajiasi enters the week (Special thanks to the book friend Xinghai Wuliang for the 2 monthly tickets!)

Since the Jianhe tribe leader Li Qingshan and the high priest of the Xiajiasi Kingdom visited the Western King Reina at the time of Chen, they used divination to find out that "God's will" showed that surrendering to the Great Zhou would be auspicious, so Reina finally decided to surrender.

At noon on September 8, the 32nd year of Kaixi, Leiner, Yan Lie and Li Qingshan visited Zhang Yong at his residence to express their sincere intention to surrender to the Great Zhou.

Zhang Yong was overjoyed and immediately took the three of them to meet Yang Ye, the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Corps of the Longxiang Army.

According to the military system and official position system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the commander of the Longxiang Guard is of the first rank, on the same level as the commander of the Longxiang Army, while the commander-in-chief of the Longxiang Army Corps is of the second rank. Among the officers of the Great Zhou Dynasty currently in the Khitans, Zhang Yong is considered to have the highest position.

However, this time Emperor Chai Zongxun sent Yang Ye to lead the Fourth Corps of the Longxiang Army to conquer the Khitans, and he was the actual commander-in-chief.

After meeting Yang Ye in the Longxiang Army's tent, Yang Ye was overjoyed to hear that King Reina of the West had finally surrendered. He said:
"That's great! It saves both sides from fighting.

The Western King will hand over the military power to our Longxiang Army today, and will set off for Bianjing with Commander Zhang tomorrow.

As for the families of the Western King and others, they will be escorted to Bianjing together after the Military Virtue Division has finished taking inventory of the Khitan treasury in a few days."

Seeing that Yang Ye had arranged such an urgent time to enter the capital, Reina hurriedly said:
“Thank you for your trouble, Governor Yang!
After discussion these days, we have decided that to show our sincerity in submitting to His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou, we are willing to offer our peerless beauty from the Khitan people, Li Yan, the daughter of Li Qingshan, the leader of the Jianhe tribe, to enter the palace to serve His Majesty!
I hope Governor Yang can give us a few days to make arrangements before setting off again."

Li Yan is the second daughter of Li Qingshan. She is only seventeen years old this year and is known as the most beautiful woman among the black-haired Khakass people.

On that day, when Zhang Yong led 3,000 Dragon Guards to enter the Xiajiasi for the first time, they encountered the Chiwu tribe chasing the Jianhe tribe, all they wanted was this peerless beauty.

Yang Ye was quite impatient and said:

"Your Highness the Western King, please rest assured! Our Great Zhou Emperor is powerful, righteous, and wise!
Since the Western King has surrendered, the rewards of dukes and marquises ordered by Your Majesty will not be small, and the properties and women in Khitan will also be preserved and transported to Bianliang in due course!

This governor will reorganize the entire territory of Khitan within a few days, and then send troops to Khwarezm to avenge our brothers who died in the city of "Bekara"!

King Xi, don't delay the battle plan of my Eighth Corps!"

Seeing Reina's expression change slightly, Zhang Yong hurriedly said:
"Your Majesty is loyal to the king, and I'm sure Your Majesty will like it.

Don't be surprised, King West. Commander Yang grew up in the army and has a hot temper, but he means no ill will.

This commander will lead the Dragon Guards to accompany the King of the West to pack up for the next few days, and it won’t be a problem later.”

When Yang Ye heard Zhang Yong say this, he immediately laughed and said:
"If Commander Zhang takes charge of this matter, then Commander Zhang can handle it.

This commander-in-chief will immediately recruit the army under the command of the Western King and arrange for the takeover of the entire territory of Khitan.

Excuse me! "

Yang Ye bowed to Zhang Yong, Reina and others, then led Cao Can and his generals out of the camp. The camp was filled with the sounds of mobilizing troops.

Zhang Yong looked at Reina and the others and said:
"As long as His Majesty the King of the West sincerely surrenders to our Great Zhou, His Majesty will certainly treat him well! Think of the past monarchs and ministers of the Southern Tang, Southern Han, Wuyue, and Liao, as long as they sincerely surrendered, they were all supported by His Majesty in Bianjing with honorable titles and generous salaries. As long as their descendants are talented and can pass the imperial examinations, they can also serve in our Great Zhou.

The King of the West may wish to pack up carefully and then go to Bianjing with me. I will not rush you."

Reina was overjoyed. He had many fields, properties and concubines in Qingshan City, Tingya, the king of the Khitans. It was impossible for him to take all of them to Bian Jing, so he naturally wanted more time to deal with them.

Reina bowed and thanked him:
"Commander Zhang is truly a chivalrous and generous man! With Commander Zhang's promise, I have nothing to worry about. I will go back to the palace and pack my luggage."

Reina spent seven days quickly dealing with the country's industries, loading a hundred carriages with gold, silver and treasures, dismissed hundreds of concubines, and only took the twenty or so most favored beauties from the harem. Then he set off for Bian Jing with Zhang Yong and three thousand Dragon Guards.

After several days of consideration, Yan Lie, the leader of the Afu tribe, and Li Qingshan, the leader of the Jianhe tribe, gave up the courtesy of being granted a title in Bian Jing and chose to stay in the Xiajiasi tribe. They only asked Zhang Yong to bring precious gifts from their respective tribes to Emperor Chai Zongxun, and gave a lot of money to Zhang Yong and other Longxiang Guards, asking them to protect Li Yan well when she enters the capital.

Zhang Yong only accepted the gifts presented to the emperor and the property given to himself and other members of the Longxiang Guard, and did not take a penny.

After ten days of reorganization, Yang Ye settled more than 200,000 remaining members of the Xiwang Reina faction of the Khitan people in various states to maintain order temporarily, waiting for the officials and garrisons sent by the court to take over.

The Khitans were a part of the Xiongnu during the Han Dynasty. They established a nation in the seventh century of the Tang Dynasty. They were officially incorporated into the Zhou territory in the 32nd year of Kaixi (991) during the reign of Emperor Shizu of the Zhou Dynasty, Chai Zongxun, and enjoyed a reign of nearly 400 years.

The country has an area of ​​2.2 million square kilometers, mainly grassland.

The population is over 6 million, divided into black-haired tribe and red-haired tribe. The pastoral industry is well developed, and they also have extremely high sword-making technology, and they often use meteorites fallen from the sky to make precious swords.

After everything was ready, Yang Ye left Cao Can with 60,000 troops from the Zhubuzhou Longxiang garrison in Kyrgyzstan, while he himself led the Eighth Corps of 90,000 troops to march northwest towards Khwarezm.

After marching among the grasslands and rivers for more than a month, on October 7, the 32nd year of Kaixi, the troops arrived at Qiemo Prefecture, the border of Khwarezm.

According to the "Book of Han", Khwarazm was a territory of Kangju in the Western Regions. During the Tang Dynasty, Khwarazm was part of the Nine Zhaowu Clans. After the 7th century, Khwarazm was conquered by the Arabs, and the locals were gradually forced to convert from the Zoroastrianism they believed in since ancient times to the Star Religion.

The Khwarezmian region is located south of the Aral Sea and was ruled successively by dynasties established by Mamun ibn Muhammad and by dynasties established by Turkic-speaking peoples.

Khwarazm is located in an arid area surrounded by the Kyzylkum Desert in the east and the Karakum Desert in the south. The abundant water resources of the ancient Amu Darya River provided convenient irrigation, and Khwarazm became a region with highly developed agricultural production.

The ancient inhabitants of Khwarezm had mastered irrigation technology very early, and agriculture was therefore very developed. Archaeological excavations have revealed a network of irrigation canals that crisscross and crisscross, some of which are tens or even hundreds of kilometers long, and most of them were built between the 8th century BC and the 7th century AD. The construction of irrigation projects became a symbol of the economic level at that time.

In addition to irrigation, Khwarezm also played an important role in trade between the East and the West.

At the beginning of the 7th century, Khwarezm became a region with highly developed trade, and its handicraft industry developed rapidly. It sent envoys to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty.

At this time of Chai Zongxun, Khwarezm was a tribal alliance Turkic state with an area of ​​about 1.8 million square kilometers and a population of 5 million. It adopted the Star Religion as its state religion. The reigning king was Zalan Khan, who inherited the throne in the 13th year of Kaixi (972) and was 50 years old this year.

(End of this chapter)